Chapter 115 The prelude to ascending the throne!

Manchester United's management was still very fast. In just one week, they announced Simon Grayson's successor, a pure Manchester United man with the blood of the "Red Devils"... Ryan Giggs!

Giggs has a very high reputation among Manchester United fans. He has accumulated a lot of experience in the Manchester United coaching staff in the past two years, and he also knows Simon Grayson's "Solar System Tactics". It is normal that he is entrusted with important tasks by Manchester United management.

However, Giggs obviously has his own ideas. The "Red Devils" lineup is already very strong, but he still invested 28.5 million pounds in the transfer market, bought Damio from the Brazilian International team, and adjusted the team's tactics, and a new 4-4-2 formation was pushed out.

Although Giggs is ambitious, he has no experience in coaching the first team after all. Even though the "Red Devils" now have the super strength to push the entire European football world, he still suffered a defeat in the first game of the new season and lost to Van Gaal's Manchester City in the straight-pass Community Shield Cup with a score of 0:1.

Losing the opportunity to become the "Seven Crown King" again, Giggs seemed to wake up from a dream and began to make adjustments in his new tactics. The team's tactics revolved around Shaq again, but they won two consecutive victories in the league and defeated the "Reds" Liverpool with a score of 3:1 and won the European Super Cup.

At this time, Simon Grayson's first chance to make his debut after coaching the "Three Lions" also came. England ushered in the first game of the third group of the World Cup European Qualifiers at Wembley Stadium at home, with the opponent being the Czech team.

As a world-class coach, Simon Grayson has no indecision. He directly moved his Manchester United trick to England. With Shaq, Rooney, Jonny Hausen, Ashley Hood, Ben Parker, and Flanagan, the "brutal Simon" is not worried about the tactical execution of England.

In the first England match coached by Simon Grayson, the "Three Lions" easily defeated the Czech team with a score of 3:1 at home. Shaq scored twice in the game, and the "Solar System Tactics" began to play a role quickly in the England team.

After the game, Simon Grayson's coaching level received wide praise, and everyone can see that the combat effectiveness of the "Three Lions" has been significantly improved compared to when he won the European Cup before. The strength he showed on the court was exactly the same as the "Red Devils" who pushed Europe.

After the combination of these midfielders Jonny Hausen, Jack Rodwell, Ashley Hood, Phil Jones, the England team's midfield combat effectiveness immediately doubled. In addition, Shaq was able to lead the entire team's offensive direction in the frontcourt, it was really difficult for the "Three Lions" to not be strong.

After that, the England team's game was smooth sailing. Simon Grayson led the team to a series of complete wins, including defeating Iceland 7:2, defeating Montenegro 7:0, and defeating Serbia 3:0, and then headed at the forefront in the European qualifiers of the World Cup.

The "Three Lions" became stronger and stronger under the guidance of Simon Grayson. In 2017, before England was about to participate in the Federation Cup, England had already defeated Kazakhstan 16:0 away, and then defeated the Czech Republic 7:0 away, achieving a complete victory in the European qualifiers group stage of the World Cup.

Shaq was like a god-assisted in England, scoring 12 goals in the team's away game against Kazakhstan, once again setting a personal goal record for a single game.

However, Shaq's performance in Manchester United has declined compared to the previous two seasons, mainly reflected in his goal rate. This season, he has scored 48 goals for Manchester United and has 10 assists. Speaking of which, his efficiency of per-going goal is still the best in the world, but the difference is still quite different from the previous "super scorer".

Simon Grayson also communicated with Shaq and asked him why he had lost his efficiency this season, but the answer he got made him laugh and cry. Shaq's answer was: Because I am a father and my daughter is very cute, I need a lot of time to accompany my children.

In August last year, Zong Wan'er gave birth to a daughter for Shaq. Shaq named her Wang Keer, whose surname was Shaq. Zong Wan'er didn't match her at all. When her father-in-law and mother-in-law asked about it, Shaq said that after reading the Chinese martial arts novel "The Deer and the Cauldron", he thought the name was very good, so he naturally would not tell his biggest secret. He was originally... the surname Wang!

Although after Simon Grayson left, Manchester United no longer had the invincible attitude of sweeping all opponents, they still won the Premier League championship and the Club World Cup this season, and defeated Greece Olympiacos through a penalty shootout in the Champions League final, completing the three consecutive Champions League championships.

Shaq also won the FIFA Golden Ball Awards and the UEFA Golden Ball Awards for the rest of the year. His goal efficiency has decreased, but that is also compared to himself. If compared with other players, he is still not on the same level.

In the summer of the Federation Cup, England encountered difficulties in the first group match. Although Shaq scored one goal in the game, England's luck was really not good. He only scored one goal in the game 17 shots, and three times hit the goal frame. On the contrary, although the French team only had 6 shots, they scored two goals through counterattacks. In the end, the "Three Lions" lost with a score of 1:2.

The defeat in the first game made England fans feel that there seemed to be something wrong with their team's condition, but then... England began to strengthen all the way, defeating Russia 3:0, 4:1, and after qualifying as the second in Group A, they defeated Brazil 3:0 in the semi-finals, and then met France again in the final.

The result was that England relied on Shaq's hat-trick and Walcott's goal, and won the Federation Cup after defeating France 4:1!

Following the Delaunay Cup, the "Three Lions" once again won the international championship, an era in the history of world football belonging to England... has begun!

In the World Cup qualifiers, "The Three Lions were not tested at all, and they got tickets to Russia in advance with a complete victory record three rounds in advance.

Shaq has also performed very well in Manchester United this season. Although it is incomparable to 200 goals at his peak, and he has not even scored 100 goals, Shaq's 57 games this season still helped Manchester United win the Club World Cup, league championship, and FA Cup championship. Unfortunately, Manchester United lost 1:2 to Leeds United in the Champions League semi-finals.

The "Young Guards" finally defeated Real Madrid 2:1 in the final, and after four years, they finally became the king of Europe again. They lost to Manchester United by only 6 points in the English domestic league, and head coach Alan Shearer also ushered in the peak of his coaching career.

However, Simon Grayson did not pay attention to the competition at home in England. He knew early in the morning that Manchester United will definitely be the champion of the English Premier League in the past few years. This is also a condition for Manchester United to nod and let the English Football Association get him Simon Grayson. In England, the English Football Association will give Manchester United a certain degree of convenience. Unless the "Red Devils" themselves perform poorly, this league championship will never fall into the hands of others.

After the chaotic season, the highlight of this summer was finally staged in Russia... The 21st World Cup is here!

I don’t know what the “brutal Simon” thought. When he led the team this time, all the players he chose were young players. Except for 31-year-old Joe Hart and 30-year-old substitute goalkeeper Joe Reeves, none of the other 21 players are 30 years old.

Among this "Three Lions", those who can be called stars are Shaq, Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker, Ashley Hood, Willshere, Spike, Barkley, Jack Rodwell and others can be considered stars. In this English team, Shaq naturally became a unique leader, and everyone will revolve around him. Therefore, in the evaluation of the English domestic media, although this English team is not the most star-stellar, they are definitely the most united.

And "unity"... is exactly what Simon Grayson needs!

Simon Grayson is different from his predecessor Stewart. He has always been a head coach who regards control as the supreme principle. Two years ago, England won the European Championships and dominated the Federation Cup a year ago. In fact, the performance of the "Three Lions" did not meet people's expectations. In the final analysis, it is still a reason... Unity!

England has always had no shortage of stars and strong players, but every time this team cannot create good results. Although they have won the European Cup and Federation Cup in the past two years, there have always been some twists and turns in the process and have not shown their superlative strength.

This time, Simon Grayson wants to use Shaq's personal ability to lead the entire England team to the top of the world with a devastating momentum!

Because of this, "Brutal Simon" made very strict selections when choosing players...

Players who can threaten Shaq's leadership... don't!

Players who are not strong enough... don't!

Disobedient players... don't!

Players who are not in their best peak... don't!

After picking and picking, Simon Grayson organized the current England team, which seemed "popular" and then began their trip to the World Cup in Russia.

This is Simon Grayson. If someone else dared to choose the "Three Lions" lineup, he would have been drowned in the morning. However, "Brutal Simon" is the best head coach in English football history. He led Leeds United and Manchester United have created great miracles. After coaching England, he did not make any mistakes for two years. He even led the team to win the Federation Cup. Such a legendary coach... Well, everything he should be right. If you can't see clearly, it only means that your head is not enough and your football level is too low.
Chapter completed!